Karma is a bitch.

[hay rick]

This from Heather Cox Richardson's latest "Letters from an American"...read the full column here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-17-2020

But while Trump’s supporters are trying to hold on to power by sparking a dramatic struggle with Democratic leaders, it may be that the coronavirus has the last word. While cases are leveling off in states that shut down, new hotspots are emerging in states that do not have stay-at-home orders. In the past week, cases in Oklahoma rose 53%. Arkansas cases went up 60%, Nebraska’s 74%, and Iowa’s 82%. South Dakota’s cases went up by 205%.

[CatWoman]

1. that governor in SD really has me puzzled

[hay rick]

2. You, me, and Dr. Fauci.

[GWC58]

16. I call her the

Anti-Gov. anti science, anti cannabis, etc... Its too bad, because people are gonna die! It really does matter who leads the government.

[lame54]

21. She claims her decisions are based on science

[GWC58]

33. Well, yeah she can claim

anything. I could claim I’ve won the Mega Millions which, unfortunately, I didn’t.

[Ninga]

3. Those percentages convert to raw numbers dramatically lower than New York. There

Is a strong chance in two weeks their raw numbers may spiral out of control.

[Blue Owl]

4. Science always has the last word...

Whereas these bozos can't even spell a goddamn word...

[MyOwnPeace]

10. O-M-G!!!!!!

Coke-spew on that one! (actually, it was a craft beer, but you know what I mean!)

[lame54]

22. Thanks for the clarification - I was picturing Annie Hall

[MyOwnPeace]

27. HA!!!

In some other circles/sites, "coke spew" is when you get shocked by something while you are taking a SIP of Coca-Cola and the shock of what you read causes you to spray it out of your mouth!

(really, I DO know what you meant, and I know you know what I meant, but, in these "legally-sensitive" times we can't be too careful!).

But, to be clear:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Why do people insist on associated (vengeful) karma with females? I know it is popular, but

... it is careless use of language. Like saying other negatives are "so gay". We don't do that and shouldn't do this.

There are so many other ways to say this.

Karma bites hard.
Karma squeezes tight.
Karma grabs you and shakes.

Others I am sure can mention many ways that are better than what I have suggested.

I just want any association between negativity and femaleness to be stamped out for the ugly sexism they propagate.

[patphil]

13. Put into Western terms, Karma is very similar to the concept of "What you sow, you shall reap".

Karma can be good or bad. Sometimes it isn't easy to decide which it is at the time you are going through a situation.
And, of course, Karma has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. My point exactly. Everyone knows what karma means. So why attach a gender to it? That's sexist

Nobody say "Karma is a skilled woman" when good karma happens, do they?

[flying_wahini]

15. Like using pussy?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Yeah, that's another one. As if women are weaker in character and guts. . . . nt

[Caliman73]

30. That and a lot of others.

Anything associated with:

You hit like a ...
You run like a ...
You throw like a ...

I always ask the person who says something like that, "What are you trying to communicate with that phrase?" knowing that it is an insult I ask, "Where does the insult lay?" or "What is the negative association you are trying to make?"

One of my children was trying to explain something to me the other day and was fumbling around, just murdering the language and saying A LOT while communicating nothing. I said, "Whoa, stop. Think about what you want to say, then say it. Don't be a Trump" I know, insulting. I feel bad saying it. I did know however, the association I was making. I was telling my child, and he knew it, that Trump speaks in word salad and is horrible at communicating. My child got it, and was able to adjust and tell me succinctly what they wanted.

Insults are insults because they compare a person's actions or being with something undesirable.

When you call someone a pussy, you are saying they are week because they have the traits that a woman might display.

When you say, "you hit like a girl" you are not complementing a person on how they punch. You are saying, girls/women suck at hitting and you are doing it just like they do.

There is too much of that in the world.

[winetourdriver01]

20. Karma

I always say My Lady of Karma is going to pay you a visit.

[lame54]

23. In this case Karma is Mother Nature

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. If thinking that, what do they say when someone is rewarded for/with good karma?

[lame54]

26. I hope they credit HER

[Paula Sims]

6. They still will find a way to exalt their g-d donald

They are the 30%, my SIL among them. They are what they are. I feel sorry for the loss of the innocents but not the ignorant.

[hay rick]

7. Especially not the deliberately ignorant.

They regurgitate bullshit not because they thought about it or believe it, but because it is socially comfortable for them. No sympathy.

[Yavin4]

8. Great Post! Great Find!

Spot on analysis:

And so we are back to Trump’s central political problem: the pandemic requires a party and a president that can unite with Democrats and can implement policies to solve a deadly crisis. That is not today’s Republican Party or its current leader.

[NBachers]

9. Yet, if New York and California and Washington are leveled off in two weeks, they'll send supplies

to the states that are reaping their own whirlwind.

[Caliman73]

31. Yes they will. Because that is what decent people do. They help to heal.

That is the only way that society works. Though in my reptilian brain, I want the idiots who are protesting or hanging out on beaches in "defiance of tyranny" while we have lost 30,000 plus in the matter of a month to this virus (and likely more because you know we are under counting) to suffer the consequences of their actions; we have to help out. If we are the United States of America, we have to send supplies to people who need them.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Own those LIBS!!!!

Iowa and SD will be sweet

[DFW]

12. The midwest forgets:

[Catch2.2]

18. Yup

It's also called Science. Something Republicans don't seem to believe in.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. hem.

these so and sos feel that they are imune to.this . their ss being cut , and every thing else . when they realize they had a good thing , they get upset.

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. The sad irony in all of this is that sane people who never asked for, or wanted exposure to this....

horrid virus, will be affected because of the selfish political aims of an insane few. It should be punishable, by law, to knowingly congregate, and pass this shit on to innocent bystanders.

[crickets]

28. +1

[hay rick]

29. +2

Extraordinary selfishness and lack of concern for the welfare of others.

[fleur-de-lisa]

32. +3